Osteoporosis with supplements

There a a number of existing threads addressing you questions. Check under the heading Osteoporosis. There is much written and discussed already that may help you find answers

Are you eligible for HRT?

Sazzam,
at 52 you've only begun to lose the estrogen that keeps our bones strong. During the next ten years the pattern for women is bone loss. We usually stabilize with low bone mass and at risk for fracture at around 62 years.
I can see unusual trouble if the available healthcare isn't good and you don't have someone to fight for you, you might not get help for an adverse reaction.
What medications would be available to you? I think it is wiser to be on the safer medications abaloparatide and teriparatide because if they cause unbearable side effects you can just quit them without penalty.
Medication effects are potentially quite frightening. There are many who have mild effects or no adverse effects. Fracture is more frightening to me.
You can really help your bones with D3, K2, Calcium, collagen your already perfect diet and exercise. Tillymack mentions HRT another valuable addition to help stabilize your bones. It is just really hard to regain bone that is already lost. I decided that I had to do all of these things plus the medication to preserve autonomy.
Bless your choice.

Has anyone tried using natural supplements to treat their osteoporosis? Even though I have a T score of -3.5 I’m not ready to jump into these heavy duty drugs for the rest of my life.
Just had my bone density done last month. I’m 77.

Susan, most of us use supplements with heavy duty drugs. There are those who report dexa success with supplements alone. And those who fracture meanwhile.
Though this is a cautious group, Mayo connect seems a little pharmaceutical leaning.
The commenter I've found most compelling in the natural group is @kathleen1314. She has done extensive research on strontium citrate.
I was too afraid of fracturing, so I'm on Forteo.
At 77 with a -3.5, you've done well. We tend to lose the most bone between 52 and 62, because of estrogen loss.
Best wishes.

@gently I certainly appreciate your caring and thoughtful responses. I now have a specialist appointment for early November. Very happy with that. I’m hoping for Forteo. Hoping I don’t have to pay but we’ll see. Kind of in limbo as alendronate while waiting did not work well for me at all.

You might want to investigate strontium citrate and BHRT, bioidentical hormone therapy.
I had similar results in my hip area years ago, but after strontium citrte and BHRT, I now have "normal" dexa readings with no fractures, no side effects.
Other users have used strontium citrate without BHRT with similar good results so the BHRT does not seem necessary.
Here ia a posting which I did on Inspire which is a compilation of strontium research and contains a posting of the personal stories of people on Inspire who have used strontium citrate.
https://www.inspire.com/groups/bone-health-and-osteoporosis/discussion/dd823b-strontium-a-compilation-of-research-and-information/

@csuhilty
Susan where is you -3.5 femoral or spine?

@csuhilty Whatever supplement used, focused OP exercise can make a big difference…healthy diet, too…

@kathleen1314

It’s my spine. I had a compression fracture of T12 vertebrae last April. Had a Kyphoplasty.